Assistant Men's Basketball Coaches

Oct. 20, 2005

Jeff Berkhof - Men's Basketball Assistant Coach

Jeff Berkhof is entering his 12th season with the Falcon basketball coaching staff and his 9th as Coach Rick Bowen's top assistant. Before joining the coaching ranks, Jeff spent two seasons playing for Bowen at UW River Falls. During his senior season, he was selected to the 1994 All-WSUC team and was chosen Co-MVP and Co-Captain by his teammates.

In addition to his assistant basketball coaching position, Jeff is the head women's golf coach and ad-hoc instructor in the Health and Human Performance Department. In the fall of 2004, Berkhof was named the WIAC Women's Golf Coach of the Year.   

Along with his on the floor coaching duties and administrative tasks, he directs the Falcon recruiting efforts, coordinates scouting and film exchange, and is director of the Falcon summer basketball camps and annual high school varsity team camp / tournament - the Great Falcon Shootout.

Before coming to River Falls, he played two years at Worthington Junior College, in Worthington, Minn. In 1997, he was inducted into the Minnesota Junior College Athletic Hall of Fame. Prior to Worthington JC, he attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D., and was a member of the SDSU football squad.

The Hills, Minn., native received his masters of education degree in sport management at the University of Minnesota in 2005. He completed his undergraduate degree at UW-RF with a major in physical education and a minor in athletic coaching in 1994. Jeff and his wife Jill reside in Hudson. Jill is a UW-RF alum and fifth grade teacher at Lake Elmo, Minn. They have one son, Benjamin, who was born in June of 2004.

Jeff Berkhof

Dave Young - Men's Basketball Assistant Coach

Dave Young is in his third season as an assistant coach with the Falcons.

The Black River Falls, Wis., native played collegiate basketball and golf at UW-La Crosse. He recently completed his teacher education degree at UW-River Falls and is currently substitute teaching in the area.

Dave Young

Kurran Sagan - Men's Basketball Student Assistant Coach

Kurran Sagan is in his second season with the Falcon coaching staff after spending two years as a student manager for the basketball program from 2002-04. Last season, he completed an internship with the Athletic Department at UW-RF in game administration. He is currently employed as the Recreational Leadership Coordinator at UW River Falls. He graduated in the spring of 2005 with a degree in health and human performance.

Sagan will contribute to the Falcon program by helping with scouting, recruiting and supervising the student managers.

Kurran Sagan